Collapsible waste-basket.



G. L. JOHNSON.

GOLLAPSIBLE WASTE BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913.

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GEORGE L. JOHNSON, 0F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLLAPSIBLE WASTE-BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1913.

Application filed July 11, 1912. Serial No. 708,821.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. JOHNSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essexand State of 5 Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Collapsible lVaste- Baskets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a collapsible waste basket, the object beingto provide a waste basket which can be made of cheap material, such ascardboard, a plurality of pieces of said cardboard being formed so thatthey can be detachably interlocked one with the other and this result isobtained by shaping the cardboard on each edge of the sides with aplurality of hooks, these hooks being adapted to interlock with a likenumber of hooks on the edge of the side adjacent thereto, and one of thehooks on each edge of each of said sides being oppositely disposed toanother hook on the same edge of the same side.

The cardboard can be decorated, either by covering the same with theusual wall paper or by hand painting, if desired, so that the articlebecomes not only one of utility, but also is extremely ornamental.

The invention consists of a waste basket formed and constructed ashereinafter set forth in the specification and particularly as pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wastebasket constructed in accordance with my invention, one of the sidesbeing shown in dotted lines in the position it is bent into when thesides are being attached to or detached from each other. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the basket illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one of'the upper corners of the basket illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the lowercorners of said basket. ration of a modified form of my invention. Fig.6 is a perspective view of one of the upper corners of that form of myinvention illustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one ofthe lower corners of that form of my invention illustrated in Fig. 5.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4: In this embodiment of my invention,the basket is 5 made of four sides, each of which is practi- Fig. 5 is afront elecally a duplicate of the other so that they may be stamped bythe same dies from cardboard or other suitable sheet material. The side8, it will be noted, is the same in all respects as the side 9 and thesame is true of the other sides 10 and 11 of said basket. The edges ofthe side 8 are shaped to form a plurality of hooks 12 and 13 on one edgeand 1 1 and 15 on the other edge. The side 9 has a plurality of carsformed on each of its opposite edges, via, cars 16 and 17 on one edgeand the cars 18 and 19 on the opposite edge.

It will be noted that the hooks 16 and 141 are oppositely disposed andadapted to hook into each other and the same is true of the hooks 15 and17, the hook 141; projecting downwardly and the hook 1G projectingupwardly, the hook 15 projecting upwardly and the hook 17 projectingdownwardly. This same construction is preferably continued on the fourdiiferent corners of the basket. It will also be noted that the hooks oneach of the sides lie in the same plane as the body portion of the sideof which it forms a partthat is, the hooks 1G, 18 and 17, 19 lie in thesame plane as the body portion of the side 9. The same is true of eachof the sides of the basket. It will also be noted that one of the hookson each of the edges is oppositely disposed to another hook on the sameedge, for instance the hook 16 is oppositely disposed to the hook 17 andfurther it will be seen that the corresponding hooks 16 and 18 onopposite edges of the same side 9 are oppositely disposed, respectively,to each other, and the same is true of the hooks 17 and 19 on oppositeedges of said side piece 9. This disposition of the hooks is true ofeach of the sides of the basket.

The sides have cars .20 punched inwardly therefrom and these earsproject beneath a bottom piece 21, also of sheet material, preferablycardboard.

In putting the device together the ear 17 is slipped downwardly intointerlocking engagement with the can 15; the side 9 is bent as indicatedin dotted lines (Fig. 1) until the ear 16 can he slipped intointerlocking engagement with the car 141. To aid in slipping the ear 16into interlocking engagement with the ear 1 1 it will be noted that theouter edge of the free end of the hook 14 is beveled as at 22 and thisconstruction is preferably embodied in each of the sides, the ear 18being beveled at 23 and so on. When all of the four sides have been puttogether, as indicated in relation to the sides 8 and 9, the bottompiece 21 is slipped downwardly on the interior of the basket until itrests upon the inwardly projecting ears 20.

Referring now to Figs. 5, 6 and 7 illustrating a modified form of myinvention, 24 is one side piece which is interlocked with the side,pieces 25 and 26, the side pieces 25 and 26 being interlocked withanother side piece 27 located opposite to the side piece 2A and of thesame form, but not shown in the drawings. In this embodiment of myinvention the side pieces are duplicates of each other and on each oneof the side pieces 24 are three ears 28, each pointing upwardly, whilethe uppermost ear 29 on saidside piece points downwardly. On theopposite edge of said side piece 24 are three ears 30 pointingdownwardly and the uppermost ear 31 which points upwardly.

The ears 28 interlock with ears 32 on the side piece 26 while the ear 29interlocks with an ear 33 on the side piece 26. The ears 30 interlockwith ears 34 on the side piece 25 while the ear 31 on the side piece 24interlocks with an ear 35 on the side piece 25, the ears 30 projectingdownwardly, while the ears 34 project upwardly, the ear 31 projectsupwardly while the ear 35 projects downwardly. This construction iscarried out in each of the different pieces and the side pieces areinterlocked by dropping the three lower ears, for instance, the ears 32,32, 32 into the corresponding ears 28, 28, 28 on the sidepiece 26 andthen bending the side piece 26 at the upper end, as indicated by dottedlines (Fig. 5) until the ear 33 can enter into interlocking engagementwith the ear 29, it being understood that the outer edge of said ear isbeveled as at 36 to assist in this interlocking arrangement. I The side25 is connected tothe side 2-1, the side 26 to the side 25 and all thesides are connected together in like manner by the interlocking ears ontheir opposite edges. After the different sides have been put togetherto form the basket illustrated in Fig. 5 a bottom piece 37, formedpreferably of cardboard, is inserted, said bottom piece havingdownwardly extending ears 38 thereon to hold it in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1. A collapsible waste basket having, in combination, a plurality ofsides of sheet material, two of the opposite edges of each of said sidesbeing shaped to form a plurality of hooks adapted to interlock with alike number of hooks on 'the edges of the sides adjacent thereto, one ofthe hooks on each edge of each of said sides being oppositely disposedto another hook on the same edge of the same side.

2. A collapsible waste basket having, in

combination, a plurality of sides of sheet material, two of the oppositeedges of each of said sides being shaped to form a plurality of hooksadapted to interlock with a like number of hooks on the edges of thesides adjacent thereto, one of the hooks on each edge of each of saidsides being oppositely disposed to another hook on the same edge of thesame side and the corresponding hooks on opposite edges of the same sidepiece being oppositely disposed, respectively, to each other. i

3. A collapsible waste basket having, in combination, a plurality ofsides of sheet material, two of the opposite edges of each of said sidesbeing shaped to form a plurality of hooks adapted to interlock with alike number of hooks on the edges of the sides adjacent thereto, one ofthe hooks on each edge of each of said sides being oppositely disposedto another hook on the same edge of the same side and one of saidhookson one edge of each side being beveled on its outer edge adjacent to thefree end thereof.

4. A collapsible waste basket having, in

combination, a plurality of sides of sheet material, said sides beingduplicates of each other, two of the opposite edges of each of saidsides being shaped to form a plurality of hooks adapted to interlockwith a like number of hooks on the edges of the sides witnesses.

GEORGE L. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

SYDNEY E. TAr'r, LEONARD A. POWELL.

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